Advertising device



Feb. ifi,I 1931.

c. H. BAUER ET AL- ADVERTISING DEVICE 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 17) 19.29

.Feb 17, 1931. c. H. BAUER E'I AL 1,793,302

\ ADVERTISING DEVICEv Filed June 17, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 CHARLES H. BAUER and CHARLES ROBERTS Feb. 17, 1931. c. H. BAUER E1' AL ADVERTIS ING DEVICE Filed June 17. 1929 6 Sheets-Shee'c- 3 rIIIIIIIIIIIII lill;

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l l ADVERTISING DEVIGEl Filed Ju11 e -l'7, 1929 v 6 Sheets-Sheet 54 CHARLES E. BAUER 8nd CHARLES ROBERTS theilabtmQ/ja FIG. 5.

c. HBAUER ET AL 1,793,302

ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed June 17, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 f\ om e mvehtoz CHARLES H. BAUER 8c CHARLES ROBERTS J :54T m\ 1 Feb. 17,' 1931.

Patented Feb. 171931 and rear sides.

` CHARLES n., BAUEEAND v rn=r.4irc-1.rjs nonnnrs, forffnirwfortx@ n.55;.Ass1eno1s5/BY'Y- 1 'DIRECT.ANnMEsNn'AssreNMENTSf'To ciranrznsirfenne oonranYyA conforta 'rroN ori-DELAWARE i Application filed June .517,

, I 15 which occupied so much space as to render them impractical in many situations.

The object of thisinvention is to provide a machine of small compass butcapable of showing in recurring cycles a comparatively large number of comparatively large cards.

The cards aresnpportedin amagazineor carrier adapted vto advance and retreat horizontally, and also adapted to'rotate on va horizontal axis. A The cards are assembled in pairs, baclr to back,- therefore each card assembly has advertising matter on b othfront The-- carrier and cardV assemblies are `so manipulatedr in the machine z as to show-all the frontfcards in order,V one at a time, thenv allvthe rearcards'in-v order, and then repeat7 in recurring cycles. Y

Further and otherfobjects and advantages i will' be apparent from'the specification andV Y the cover partlyb-r'oken away'. s

30` Vfrom the left side of Fig. l.

` Figs. 3 and lare views similar to Fig. 2

. claims; and from the drawings which show 25 byv way o f'illnstration what is now considered ,-I

the' preferred `embodiment of the invention; Figyl is a: front view of 'the machine Vwith Fig, 2 is an enlarged view of Fig. l5 taken with the parts in different positions. vFig. 5 is an enlarged cross-section, lon th VVVline 5 5 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-section, on the line 6 6 of Fig. l1. 1 Fig. 7 is an enlarged crosssection7 Onthe line 7--7 ofFig. 5. 1 V Fig. 8 is a viewV siniilarto Fig.`7, With parts in a dierent position.

Fig. 9 is a cross-section, on the Vline'9--9 of Fig. 7

card assemblies partly broken away.

Fig. 1l isan enlarged cross-section of Fig. l. on the line 11-11.

will becl'ear z The. construction. and operation-of; themagchinewill-be. describedinthree sections-@first Y tl'ije,1rnovernent,A of, theinagazine ba'ckand j forth secondthevrevolvinglof the magazine,-

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.anvnmrsrne Dnvron y ieasglserit Np. arrasa -f at lowerijcorners, and similar ears 28;;ati :the middle. offeachfside. f

@Eleven nardfasemblesfare, shown in that y drawings.' Normallythey arejall held; in i f .elos'elypacked'relationship inf a' Carrier L01 magazine, pivoted lfor rotation about shift- .able Vhonizontallshafts.'32, one at each end lof' .the magazine: The assemblies are Supported fby 'npperand lowerv channel's 34, fast to 'iframe the channels engaging 'ears j2 6 of [the cards. n The assemblies; are held in af close pack by', spring actuated latches 36- onv -one sident the indi,.- andfpin' 138 .er 4Q* or the lother side thereof.Yv Latclies36;engagefearsY 26..Whilepins1BSaedAOeeng-age @are 2s in ja f manner vto be laterk explained7rrbntl' f i enough Vfor Arese dem; ae'jclgant Seeed,

i nsuallyfby. ainotor. Fastlonshai't 50 are three cams; 6.0

, purposes l which A*moves the inagazi'nefback i and 'forth ;l 70,1 'whichA rotatesthenmagazine; 5'

.,assemblies.

aenmnymised. Qur-.0f engagement with ran ,nagomhiet@paesana ant-'thee thema iscatried kin a flanged .roller 9'0/ adaptedfto Y l roll rena-horizontal gnidef-92q At the left end` of the machine an overhead gnard rail 94Y serves3 tow prevent roller'i90-being-A a'cci- .92. Raillfis snpportedin vertical braeketsf and`98fFig 2) fast at'their lower ends to lower gnideplate. 92.f Shafts2; are confV -nected 'by horizontal 1v links i100",` to the ripper y ends of vertical arms 102`Which at their lower endsare fast to rock' shaft. 10i extending Fig. 10 is anfenlarged View of one ofthe lengthwise.` of.4 the machinea'j Also fast on at itsnpper end a roller' 1,08 riding on'cam .60.`..6Qisja double lobed.camgithereforedur- VReferring to Figs. 10 and 1l it will be seen that each card assembly'20 comprises a front card 22 and a rear card 24.* Each assemblyj islprovidedwith horizontally projecting'ears AThis means thatl the im.aggiazine wil-lbe/Iniqved l i Y revolution of shaft 50; Spring 110 between By the lmechanism Y attachedlto 'the rear ofthe magazine, 1s re- 1 arm 102 andthe machine frame (Fig.v 1) keeps roller 108 in contact with cam 60. Rigidly attached to frame `30, vand symmetrical about shaft 32 at the left endV of thefmachine,'is a cross head v112'Vvvh'i'ch ish'orizlontal .when frame l30 is `verticalf(Figs. 1,' 2, '4). This cross-head moves back and forth in slotted member 114, rigidly lattached to on shaft 120 at the upper end of frame member 118. lVhenever frame' 30 is-at the end of its travel to the rear, its trunnion shaftsM 32 are in alignment with shaft 120, andare in that position when frame 30 is rotated by Y cam 70,'as will now'fbe described. l

Pivotally mounted on shaft121 isa Vgear sector 122 in mesh with pinion y'116.- "Sector 122 isconnected by link 1241to the upper end of arm 126, pivoted at its lower end at128 and bearing 'atk its upper endav'roller 130, rolling on Vcam 70. Roller 130'is kept incontact with the cam by springl 132attached to arm 134 projecting from the lower end of arm 126. Camsf and70 are so shaped and -timed that each time shafts 32 are placed in alignment with pinion shaft 120 they are heldthere while gear sector 122 is rocked by cam 7 Oto rotate'pinion,v 116 and the magazine l180 degrees. f Figi'3'shows the rotation operation taking place. 1

be appreciated thatthe ymaga-zinel ismoved first to the right, then tothefleft Where it is rotatedfo'ne-half revolution, then tothe yright again, thento the left wherejit Yis rotated *through another 'half revolution,-and finally repeats the rst part of its cyclehy moving again to the right.

right a. cardgassembly isV removed rfrom the front of the magazine and left hanging with t t 'd *d' l v't' .,Wh'l th P l s ron Sl am Isp ay posl lon l 'e e of 'slide 152 engages pin 38 to 4raiseV .it-above nextfcard from the `front of the machine in display position. Each card assembly, when versed -with",'reference to its former position 1n the magaz1ne,-therefore,when 1t 1s next hung in. display position tlieside last displayed willbe toward the rear and the side formerly at the rear will be displayed. For `instance,j in FigQllj, card A ison display through window-1140, while card is at the rearofithe assembly which comprises cards A andfBJIfWhen this assembly isV removed from'the yposition .there shown, it will beat the rearof. the =magazine with card B in posi- :.tion'Bf facingk the front of the magazine,`and

*card A in position A facing the rear.` Thereabove describedA itwill vP fore when'that particular assembly again reaches display position card B willv be visible and card A hidden.

the magazine is a horizontal arm 144, bearing at its free end a horizontal pin 38 eX- y Y t t u .tending frornboth sides, and ay pin 40 ergtendy pinion 116 which issupportedy for rotationing from one side only, ofthe arm.-` Arm 144 28 of th/outer card assembly at one side of the magazine while latches 36 engage ears 26 of the outer card at the other side of the magazine in order ftoi hold thccards 'securely in place while thelnagazineis' beingfmoved vaboutin the operation of themachine.' YVhcn themagazine is moved to theV right, as shown, for instance, inFigs`.,.5 and, the 'upper ears 26 of the card assemblyv at the eitreme right of the magazine passponto .liangersl148, fast to the machine frame, andthe assembly is left hanging therewith itsrouter card on display, until the magazineretreats, turns:of.f'er and advances again. :in order to leavethc card inzdispiay position-it is necessary to free pins 38 from' engagement with ears 28 of the card assembly whichthe magazine is togleave behind. g This operation will be understood from Figs. 5 to Qinclusive. Underi'ieatheacli in 38 is a horizontal afrm 150 projecting from the upper end of a vertical--sl-ic'le152. The lower endfof slide v152 rests on. a pin 15,4 projecting horizontally from rock-shaft 156. Anarm `158l (Fig.V 3),- -f'aston-shaft 156,

has itsv free vend connected'by'fverticalV link 160to lthe free end of a horizontal'armf i162 pivoted'on the Yframeat 164 and', having a `roller 166 riding on' cam 80, which therefore acts to move member -152verticallyr 'Spring 168 servestolreepmemberr152 incontact with in 154.V Cam 80 isso-timedthat-arm 150 ear 28, after a card,-assemblylhasheenghung`v on Vbracket 148 and-before the l'magazine moves awa-v again, This upward movement of pin 38 iraises-arm144 and pin 40fromthe position in Fig. 7 to the` position in Fig.v8. This means that pins 38; are .free from ears;4 28 ofthe card assembly hanging on bracket 148, and that pins 40`are in position tovengage ears 28 of the next assembly in themagazine in'order to prevent that card lbeing left behind when the magazine hek movement.; To positively prevent' the display assembly from following the magazine, a hook 170, integralwith slide and-arm 150, is raised to the positionshownin' Fig. 8 and remains there y,until themagazinehas moved away far enoughfor pins 38 to pass girls its retrogradcgn off arms 150, whereupon lslide 1521's lowered to normal position by cam 80,:

While aca-rd thus left hanging on disover, as already described, and then advances until latches 36 at the rear ofthe magazine automatically engage the upper and lower ears 126 of the card assembly hang Y Ving on bracket 14:8, at the `same time push? ing all the cards inthe magazine along guides 34' until ears 28 of the outermost card assembly at the other side ofthe magazine are against pins 38. v

The Vmagazine then retreats, turns over, and again advances to hang another card on display, and so on in repeating cycles. v

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specification embodiment herein illustrated and described but may be used in other ways without departure from its spirit as definedV by the following claims.

'We claim:` 1. In ank advertising device, incombina-r tion, a card magazine, means for advancing and withdrawing said magazine, and means* for rotating said magazine whereby cards from said magazine may be successivelyplaced in display position and removed from said position, substantially asdescribed. Y v 2. In an apparatus of the class described, in combination, a card magazine, means for advancing said magazine to place the card at front of said magazine, means for detaching said card from, said magazine while the cardy is display position, means for thereafter withdrawingsald magazine away from said card, means Veffective while the magazine 11s withdrawn for rotating said magaziney through a half-revolution, means e'ective after the rotationhasbeen effected for advancing said magazine to lsaid'display card,

- means for thereupon attaching the card to the Vrear of said magazine, meansfor zthen rotatingsaidy magazine through another half-,rev-

elution, and means for again advancing said magazine to hang the next card at the front thereof in display position, substantially as described. 1

. 6. Therinvention-set forth in claim 5v, in f whi'chmeans'is provided for causing the apparatus torepeat its operations whereby the front sides of all cards in the magazine are shown in succession and then the rear sides of the cards are shown in succession in recurl ring cycles, substantially as described.

' In testimonywhereofwe hereto afliX our signatures.y

CHARLES ROBERTS. CHARLES H, BAUER.

the front of said magazine in display position, means for detaching said ,card from said magazine while in that position, means for withdrawing Ysaid magazine from said `card, and means for again` advancing said magazine, and`means eli'ectiveV while so advanced for 're-attaching said A. card to said magazine. i

3; The inventionA set forth in claim 2 in which means is provided for rotatingsaid magazine while it is withdrawn, whereby when the card is reattached tol said magazine it will be at the rear thereof. 4. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a magazine containinga pluy rality of cards having displayV matter on front and rear sides thereof, means for advancing said magazine to place in display position the front side of the card at theV front of said magazine, means for detaching `front and rear sides thereof, means for advancing said magazine to place in displayposition the front side of the cardat the 

